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TEXAS · MARTIN COUNTY

Ackerly

261 people, 2,800 ft above sea level in Martin County.

2,800 ftElevation, city center
261People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 59°
Sunny now Dew point 54° · SSE 12 mph · high 63°
City of Ackerly River Interstate 2 miles
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The Ackerly plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Ackerly

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Lamesa Municipal Airport (KLUV) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
59° Sunny Feels like 59° · high of 63° near 3 PM
WindSSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity82%falling to 72% this afternoon
Pressure29.94 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 54° · Dry43° by Monday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Today, about 5 PMin about 3 hours · 35% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 70.02 in · 7 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Martin County
NWS Midland/Odessa and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:15 AM5:47 PM ↓
10 h 31 m of daylight, 1 minute less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
13
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
35% · 0.11 in Saturday evening 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 43 to 54°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Chance of showers Chance of showers
63° 47°
40% rain — S 14 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59° 42°
20% rain — NNE 10 C
MON Nov. 16 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52° 43°
10% rain — ENE 5 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
55° 48°
0% rain — SSE 10 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
63° 50°
0% rain — S 7 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
66° 56°
10% rain — SSE 8 C
FRI Nov. 20 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
69° 54°
20% rain — S 14 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Ackerly about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, about 430 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Ackerly stands on

Ackerly’s center stands about 2,800 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,730 ft to 2,840 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

The section below crosses 2 rock units mapped at the surface.

Ackerly, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
2,600 ft2,700 ft2,800 ft2,900 ft ACKERLY2,800 ftLow point2,560 ftHigh point of the line2,910 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 55×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Blackwater Draw Formation

Sand. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

Playa deposits

Clay, silt. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 0.4 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Ackerly on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Big Spring TX · 24 MI 24 miles southeast Midland TX · 42 MI 42 miles southwest Odessa TX · 58 MI 58 miles southwest Lubbock TX · 72 MI 72 miles north Abilene TX · 115 MI 115 miles east
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TEXAS · MARTIN

Ackerly

261 people, 2,800 ft above sea level in Martin County.

2,800 ftElevation
261People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 59°
SunnyDew point 54°
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Today in Ackerly

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 58° 6%
4p partly cloudy day 63° 26%
7p showers night 58° 35%
10p partly cloudy night 55° 28%
1a partly cloudy night 53° 13%
4a partly cloudy night 50° 1%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINToday about 5 PM · 35%
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Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
47
63
A
Sun20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
42
59
C
Mon10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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52
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Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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55
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Wed0%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
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63
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Thu10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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C
Fri20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Ackerly stands on

Ackerly’s center stands about 2,800 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,730 ft to 2,840 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Ackerly, south to north Ackerly2,800 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 105×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,800 ft
Within 3 miles2,730 to 2,840 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (110 ft of relief)